Michael Karcher, dance caller

Calling Experience

Dance Weekends and Camps

  • BACDS American Week
  • The Dancing Fish
  • Dancing Bears Dance Camp
  • Florida Snow Ball
  • Contra Carnivale
  • Catalina Dance Weekend
  • Phylla Mae Festival
  • Echo Summit
  • CDSS American Week at Pinewoods
  • Whitewater Whirl
  • Epicenter
  • Greenfield Fall Frolic
  • Pinewoods ESCape
  • Balance the Bay
  • Head for the Hills
  • Pittsburgh Fall Dance Weekend (Guest Half-Evening)
  • Balance the Bay
  • Cascade Contras
  • ContraCopia/ValleyCopia
  • Twilight Twirl
  • Corvallis Contra Weekend
  • Lightspeed Contra Camp (co-organizer & co-caller)
  • Dance Camp North
  • Youth Dance Weekend
  • Bear Hug Mountain Festival
  • 12-Hour Twirl
  • Chehalis Contra Dance Camp

Dance and Folk Festivals

  • NEFFA
  • Burning Man Contradance Camp
  • Northwest Folklife
  • Cascade Promenade

Evening dances (highlights)

  • Valley Contra, Bethlehem, PA
  • Philadelphia, PA
  • Swingin' Tern, Chatham, NJ
  • PCD, Princeton, NJ
  • Scout House Thursday, Concord, MA
  • Downtown Amherst, Amherst, MA
  • Guiding Star Grange, Greenfield, MA
  • Brooklyn Contra, Brooklyn, NY
  • CDNY, New York, NY
  • Village Contra, New York, NY
  • Glen Echo, Washington, DC
  • Emerald City Contra, Seattle, WA
  • Lake City Contra, Seattle, WA
  • PCDC, Portland, OR
  • CFS, Corvallis, OR
  • VCD, Vancouver, BC
  • VCD, Victoria, BC
  • Circle Left, Oakland, CA
  • Santa Barbara, CA
  • Google Contra Dance, Mountain View, CA
  • Fairbanks, AK

Special events

  • Techno Contras
  • Experimental Contra House Parties
  • Weddings/Receptions
  • Birthday Parties/Dances

Training

  • Lisa Greenleaf's Contra Callers Course (Pinewoods 2012)
  • Nils Fredland's Singing Squares Callers Course (Pinewoods 2011)